Display device for vehicles
US5272463A · kind A · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 1992 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S116/36
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This invention is to provide a display device for a vehicle with the pointer portion of light transmission type placed over characters etc, the value indicated by the pointer portion can be accurately read with high visibility. A display device for a vehicle comprises a dial and an indicating board laid on the dial. The dial includes a disk-shaped light transmitting portion, light transmitting characters and graduations outside the light transmitting portion, and an annular light transmitting portion outside the characters and the graduations The indicating board includes a light transmitting pointer's inner end portion and a light transmitting pointer's outer end portion which overlap the light transmitting portions of the dial, respectively, and an annular light transmitting portion which is laid over the characters and the graduations. The indicating board further includes a light transmitting pointer's outer end portion which is in alignment with the pointer's inner end portion and the pointer's outer end portion.
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